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In the past, Graves has called the Y chromosome the "DNA junkyard". Creating lots of copies of a gene can boost the odds that ...

Even if their direct air-cleaning effect is modest in real homes, plants may still offer benefits. Scientific studies suggest ...

As if humanity needed another reason to embrace its early morning (or evening) espresso, scientists have just discovered a ...

A higher level of the fat that gathers around organs has been linked to faster brain aging in a new study, with glucose and ...

A strange mouse study suggests that the brain isn't a 'blank slate' at birth, waiting for memories to be written onto it.

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Alongside other globally renowned voices such as the late, great Jane Goodall, Attenborough's work telling the stories of ...

One particularly problematic sleep disorder is sleep apnea, and it is not rare. The condition affects nearly 1 billion people ...

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.